Biomaterials & Biocoatings

Research Description

The Velev group has been a leader in the area of constructing biomimetic circuits and solar cells from hydrogels.

Previous Projects

 Convectively Assembled Photosynthetic Biocomposites – Cellular Artificial Leaves Adam Wallace

Multifunctional Living Paints: Composite Blends of Latex Polymer Particles and Live Cells Deposited by Convective Assembly Jessica Jenkins

Controlled Deposition of Live Cell Coatings Lindsey Jerrim

Controlled Dielectrophoretic Assembly of Biomaterials from Live Cells and Colloidal Particles Shalini Gupta

Representative Publications

Jenkins, J. S.; Flickinger, M. C.; Velev, O. D. Engineering Cellular Photocomposite Materials Using Convective Assembly. Materials 20136(5), 1803-1825.

Jenkins, J. S.; Flickinger, M. C.; Velev, O. D. Deposition of Composite Coatings from Particle-Particle and Particle-Yeast Blends by Convective-Sedimentation Assembly. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2012380, 192-200.

Gupta, S.; Alargova, R. G.; Kilpatrick, P. K.; Velev, O. D. On-chip dielectrophoretic coassembly of live cells and particles into responsive biomaterials. Langmuir 201026, 3441–3452.

Jerrim, L. B.; Velev, O. D. Deposition of coatings from live yeast cells and large particles by “convective-sedimentation” assembly. Langmuir 200925, 5692–5702.

Gupta, S.; Alargova, R. G.; Kilpatrick, P. K.; Velev, O. D. On-chip electric field driven assembly of biocomposites from live cells and functionalized particles. Soft Matter 20084, 726–730.